14 September 2026
Onsen, an oil painting by Daiwa Scholarships alumnus and artist Carl Randall, has been used on the cover of the book Skinship published by Salt Publishing. Skinship is a collection of poems by author Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana, who like Carl, spent 10 years living in Japan. The title Skinship comes from a Japanese loan word fusing
Read on28 August 2026
Daiwa Scholarships 2027: Language Study, Homestay & Work Placement in Japan – apply by 3 December 2026 The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation is a UK charity supporting UK-Japan links through awarding Daiwa Scholarships and Daiwa Scholarships in Japanese Studies; offering grants to support UK-Japan collaboration and organising events including seminars, and exhibitions at its London headquarters.
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Nonomiya/Song of Rona Island – taking place at Edinburgh International Book Festival this August! Monday 24 August 2026 | 19:00 – 21:00 at Greyfriars Kirk and repeated on Tuesday 25 Aug at 19:00 Noh Reimagined theatre company will introduce Noh Theatre in Part One with Nonomiya – a piece based on the oldest novel of
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Daiwa Scholarships alumnus and artist Carl Randall has a new Japan-themed painting on show at the Hampstead Art Society Summer Exhibition until 11 July at Gallery 8 in Mayfair, central London. His oil painting The Kokeshi Maker is one of 90 artworks chosen from 3,252 worldwide submissions. The show also includes paintings by Winifred Nicholson
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The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation (www.dajf.org.uk) has published details of its Small Grants and Awards awarded to support a total of 31 UK-Japan projects in its latest funding round: March 2026. A Daiwa Foundation Small Grant will support the travel of 11 explorer scouts and 2 leaders from the 83rd Fife Scout Group to attend the
Read on25 July 2012
Operating out of Tokyo’s Kusoge suburb, KOSUGE1-16 is a husband-and-wife duo renowned for their adventurous and interactive art. A glance at their website yields works such as a larger-than-life table football assembly, manned by up to 12 competing children, as well as an equally impressive and interactive Scalextric-esque cycledrome.
Read on20 July 2012
In 1964, Tokyo held the Olympics, 24 years after it would have done, if it hadn’t been for the outbreak of the Second World War. Tokyo was still recovering from the war, repairing buildings and train systems in time for the Olympics. In fact, Tokyo went beyond repair.
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Today (20 July 2012) we visited the Japanese Embassy to see the new “Tokyo 1964” Olympics exhibition. This exhibition was filled with all sorts of photos, literature, information and other memorabilia from the 1964 games (and the months preceding them!).
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This is a show that was written in the 60s by Shuji Terayama, the avant-garde director, poet, dramatist, photographer, writer and who knows what else.
Read on19 July 2012
On Tuesday 17th July, we were treated to a fantastic performance at St Martin-in-the-Fields by the brilliant Ueda/Rinaldo duo. Lisa Ueda is a Japanese violinist who graduated from the Royal Academy of Music with a First Class Honours. The opening piece, Janacek’s “Sonata for Violin and Piano” was dramatic and heartfelt, and effectively conveyed the feelings of the composer.
Read on19 July 2012
Sumidagawa is a fifteenth century Noh play, while Curlew River, a church parable, is an adaptation of it by Benjamin Britten – both will be performed at Christ Church Spitalfields, London on 7 September at 6:30 pm and at St Bartholomew in Orford, Suffolk on 9 September at 3:00 pm. Details can be found here.
Read on17 July 2012
Acclaimed Japanese artist Shimabuku began his Wide Open Class at the Hayward Gallery by humorously recounting a selection of his previous exhibitions and works of art, often alternative, which somehow included food.
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As a lover of Japanese craft and design, the highlight of my weekend was visiting re:new tohoku at Asia House in London – an exhibition of design and craft products from Tohoku. Unfortunately the exhibition has now finished, but the catalogue is available to download here.
Read on13 July 2012
The Japanese government has recently decided that sake should be actively promoted as an export product, and the word has gone out to Japanese organisations across the world.
Read on6 July 2012
I was given a tour of Daiwa Foundation Japan House and the premises seem good. I met the staff—they seem friendly. I learnt some new Japanese vocabulary and kanji . I wrote a leaflet called ‘Tips for Learning Japanese’. I looked up some Japan-related art exhibitions and was told that we (me and a member of staff—I think Ali or Susan) will visit one later in the week.
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